City are the only unbeaten team in the country this season, and as time goes on more and more pundits will start to wonder if they can replicate that famous Arsenal side of 2003/04 that went the whole campaign without
a single league defeat.
Not exact matches
The Arsenal team that won the Premier
League season in 2004 without a
single defeat have quite rightly got a big and possibly never to be rivalled position in the history books.
Arsene Wenger will have a lovely warm spot inside him tonight as he can now relax and revel in the fact that the Arsenal team of 2003 - 04 and the remarkable achievement of winning the Premier
League trophy without suffering a
single defeat will not be matched, at least not this season.
The Gunners have lost their last two
league matches including an embarrassing 4 - 0
defeat to Liverpool in which we failed to land a
single shot on target.
United's
defeat saw their 40 - game unbeaten run at home come to an end, while City's 14th consecutive
league victory made history for the most wins in a row in a
single English top flight season.
While Chelsea do own the distinction of being one of only a small handful of teams to beat Arsenal at all this season — they have not lost a
single match at home in any competition since a 3 - 2
defeat against Olympiacos in the Champions
League... back in September.
It has been over 12 years now since Arsene Wenger and that incredible and invincible Arsenal team lifted the Premier
League trophy after doing what almost everyone said was impossible and completing the Premier
League season without a
single defeat.
It has been almost 12 years since Arsene Wenger led Arsenal to our last Premier
League title, which was almost unthinkable back then when Thierry Henry and all managed to complete the season without a single defeat in the l
League title, which was almost unthinkable back then when Thierry Henry and all managed to complete the season without a
single defeat in the
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His biggest success was in 2003 - 2004 when Arsenal managed to win the
league without a
single defeat.
Having finished in seventh in 2010/11, Conte took over from Luigi Delneri and led Juve to the
league title without a
single defeat, the first club to do so in Italian history.
During his time at the North East, the Belgium international has made 21 Premier
League appearances, failing to score a
single goal during his tenure, and he was also sent off in the club's 1 - 0
defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in September.
Frank de Boer's appointment was ill - fitting and terminated prematurely, giving rise to the worst start in Premier
League history: seven games, seven
defeats, and not a
single goal scored.
If Aston Villa lose this match it'll equal their worst tally of Premier
League defeats in a
single season (20 — set in both 2013 - 14 and 2014 - 15).
Pep Guardiola suffered
league defeats home and away to the same opponents in a
single league season for the first time in his managerial career as City are left to fight for a top - four place.
Pep Guardiola has suffered six
league defeats as Manchester City boss this season - his highest tally in a
single league season as a manager.
They haven't won in their last seven Premier
League matches and if we do not avenge our
single goal
defeat at Middle Earth in August then it would be a huge surprise.
6 — Pep Guardiola suffered his sixth Premier
League defeat in his first season as Manchester City manager — the most losses he has suffered in a
single season as a manager.
The Blues suffered just two home
defeats in the
league and even boasted four draws against every
single one of England's so called» Top Four» teams, drawing 1 - 1 with Arsenal, Liverpool & Manchester United as well as a 0 - 0 draw with champions Chelsea.
The Gunners were crowned as champions in the 2003 - 04 campaign without suffering a
single Premier
League defeat, an achievement only previously performed by Preston in the 1880s.
The Gunners looked destined for a third away
league defeat in a row, before a late rally that began with a diving Alexis Sanchez header first and eventually got some more momentum, when a stunning Lucas Perez left - footed volley reduced the gap to a
single goal.
Wolves are seriously struggling in front and their two late strikers in
defeat to Bolton last Saturday was the first time since the opening day that Wolves had managed to score more than the solitary one goal in a
single league match.
That's right, Brendan Rodgers» Celtic side cemented their status as The Invincibles as they ended last season's
league campaign as winners of the Scottish Premiership without a
single defeat.
While Tony Pulis has the utmost respect for Blackpool and their manager Ian Holloway, the Stoke chief is nevertheless extremely confident of his side's chances ahead of Saturday's tester after watching his team go five
league matches without suffering a
single defeat.